Well, so be it. Nothing's perfect in life, so you have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet.

Don't 'over-control' like a novice pilot. Stay loose enough from the flow that you can observe it, modify, and improve it.

A terrorist can attack any time, any place using any technique and you can't defend everywhere against every technique at every moment.

Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.

Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, and expense.

It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task.

Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.